Occupation and Socio-economics:
Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1784-1789, Chief justice of the Supreme Court 1789-1795, Governor of New York 1795-1801.
Constitutional Convention:
He was not present. He was busy working as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
New York's Ratifying Convention:
Yes, he did attend, and he voted for ratification of the Constitution.
Arguments for Ratification:
Jay wrote five of the papers in the Federalist Papers which talked about having balanced power between the states and the central government. He felt that in order to face issues in the future, America needed a strong central government.
Friends and Foes:
Jay's friends would be Alexander Hamilton and James Madison seeing as they wrote the Federalist Papers with him and were both Federalists. His foes would be anti-federalists such as Thomas Jefferson.
References:
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Adams.
John Jay
Position:
Federalist.
State:
New York.
Occupation and Socio-economics:
Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1784-1789, Chief justice of the Supreme Court 1789-1795, Governor of New York 1795-1801.
Constitutional Convention:
He was not present. He was busy working as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
New York's Ratifying Convention:
Yes, he did attend, and he voted for ratification of the Constitution.
Arguments for Ratification:
Jay wrote five of the papers in the Federalist Papers which talked about having balanced power between the states and the central government. He felt that in order to face issues in the future, America needed a strong central government.
Friends and Foes:
Jay's friends would be Alexander Hamilton and James Madison seeing as they wrote the Federalist Papers with him and were both Federalists. His foes would be anti-federalists such as Thomas Jefferson.
References:
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Adams.
"Federalist Papers". <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Papers>
Jay, John. "Arguments for Adopting the Proposed Federal Constitution". Annals of American History.
Kindig, Thomas. "John Jay". <http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/jay.htm>
*Morris, Richard B. "John Jay and the Constitution". <http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/exhibitions/constitution/essay.html>